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Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Knollendam in 1529. Compound of oost (“east-, eastern”), the plural form of knol (“extremity of a levee”) and dam (“dam”). The element oost was added to distinguish the village from Westknollendam.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Oost‧knol‧len‧dam
Proper noun
Oostknollendam n
- A village in Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “oostknollendam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN